Canada202023 minEnglish, French, Korean with English subtitlesAnimation, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Reel Asian Award Winner, Women Filmmakers
Four fearless emerging filmmakers embarked on a summer-long filmmaking journey online. We’re proud to present their world premiere here. Thanks to Jeff Yang, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, the casts of Kim’s Convenience and Fresh Off the Boat, and donors of the Kim’s Off The Boat fundraiser for supporting Unsung Voices this year. Includes winner of Air Canada Short Film or Video Award, Reel Asian 2020 일요일 (Sunday).
Canada2020 4 minEnglish, Korean with English Subtitles World PremiereAnimation, Documentary, Open Captions, Reel Asian Award Winner, Women Filmmakers
Rated PG
일요일 (Sunday) is a semi-autobiographical animation based on the filmmaker’s childhood memories of growing up within her father’s church.
AWARDS
Air Canada Short Film or Video Award, Reel Asian 2020
kim hayung
Born in Suncheon, South Korea, kim hayung is an interdisciplinary artist currently residing in Toronto.
Canada2020 5 minEnglish World PremiereAnimation, Documentary, Women Filmmakers
Rated PG
Navigating her thoughts on white beauty standards, a girl seeks to understand her relationship to them, and express the damaging effects and harm that fetishizing Asian women causes.
Maryanna Chan
Maryanna Chan is an illustrator from Saskatoon. She is currently studying scénographie in Montreal and is passionate about truthful storytelling.
Canada2020 8 minFrench with English Subtitles World PremiereDrama, Open Captions, Women Filmmakers
Rated PG
Torn between her mental illness and her desire for long standing love, a young woman named Maria tries to tame her self-destructive tendencies in an attempt to preserve her partner's affection.
Angelina Guo
Born in Montreal, Angelina Guo has earned a few prizes and a scholarship for her literary works. She is currently studying French literature at McGill University.
Canada2020 6 minEnglish World PremiereDrama
Rated PG
On a journey to a small island town, two city boys explore their shared love for fishing. Travelling alongside an ocean run of salmon, they find there is much more to discover about themselves.
Aidan Chan
Born and raised in Vancouver, Aidan Chan aims to bring people closer to their surrounding nature through film, music, and other forms of art.
12 Nov, 2020 10:00 am
to 19 Nov, 2020 11:59 pm
ASL interpretation will be made available thanks to Toronto Sign Language Interpreter Services. Ticket holders can watch on the CineSend Reel Asian portal.
November 14, 2020 at 9PM
This fireside chat gathers together filmmaker mentors from Reel Asian’s 2020 Unsung Voices incubator to discuss what the building blocks of a good narrative are.
November 14, 2020 at 1PM
In a world that feels ever so divisive, these three documentaries take a closer look at what it means to create new pathways for community mobilizing, recognize shortcomings of identity markers, and acknowledge the solidarity work that remains undone.
12 Nov. 10:00 am - 19 Nov. 11:59 pm
From the mundane to the spectacular, our characters in these five films pave their own paths as some take matters into their own hands, while others come across new points of understanding and acceptance. Includes winner of WIFT-T Film Award, Reel Asian 2020 LOLA'S WAKE.
12 Nov. 10:00 am - 19 Nov. 11:59 pm
Starting from a place of silence, these five films poignantly position the ways intergenerational trauma is held and healing can begin. Includes winner of Air Canada Short Film or Video Award, Reel Asian 2020 SING ME A LULLABY.
12 Nov. 10:00 am - 19 Nov. 11:59 pm
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by East, South and Southeast Asian artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada’s largest Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
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